Zamboanga City beefs up security after blasts

Additional police and military personnel are set to secure Zamboanga City following Sunday’s bomb explosions, which authorities called an “act of terrorism.”

A company, or about 100 personnel, of the 9th Regional Public Safety Battalion have been ordered to augment the local force, city police director Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo said in a phone interview.

The military’s Task Force Zamboanga also committed 60 personnel to help police secure the city, which is currently holding activities for the month-long Zamboanga Hermosa, de Ocampo said.

Earlier, PNP chief Dir. Gen. Nicanor Bartolome tasked policemen in Zamboanga City and nearby areas to tighten security after the almost simultaneous explosions at a cockpit in Brgy. San Roque and a pension house in Brgy. Guiwan.